Global cortical atrophy (GCA) associates with worse performance in the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA). A population-based study in community-dwelling elders living in rural Ecuador

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 206-209

  Del Brutto, Oscar H ^a,b   Mera, Robertino M ^c   Zambrano, Mauricio ^d   Soriano, Francisco ^d   Lama, Julio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ESPÍRITU SANTO   (Ecuador)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICA KENNEDY   (Ecuador)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d The Atahualpa Project   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Atahualpa project; Ecuador; Global cortical atrophy; Montreal cognitive assessment; Population based study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMUNITY LIVING; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECUADOR; EDENTULOUSNESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GLOBAL CORTICAL ATROPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPULATION RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; ATROPHY; BRAIN DISEASE; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATROPHY; BRAIN DISEASES; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84918838122     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2014.09.010     Document Type: Article

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